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G. C. SETCHELL.

'onmmnmx. AND FLEXIBLE LUMBER. No.183,073. Patented Oct.10. 1876.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent lilo dated October Iii),1875; application filed hiarch 10, i876.

Lib all whom may concern:

it known that i, GEORGE U Sarcasm, oi Norwich, in the county of NewLondon, State of (lonnecticut, have invented certain Improvements inOrnamental and Flexible Lumber, of which the following is aspecification: i y

The object of. my invention is to provide lumber or hoards, bothornamental and flexihle, to be used for forming round corners, in

I the construction of houses,"railroad-cars,

steam-boats, and similar objects, for covea ing poststll(lUOlLiil1l18,lll which uses the lumher remains permanently curvedafter being secured in place. Or it may be used for cylindrical orsemi-cylindrical doors or lids, for various articles of household oroflice furniture, iu which caseit may be either in a plane or in acylindrical form, according as the door is open or closed, it beingreadily closed up as a cylinder, or slidden back into a plane, It isalso suitable for table-mats, as it is very light and elastic; offersfree ventilation throughout its whole extent, and not liable to warpeither from moisture or heat; and for niany other analogous uses.

in the accompanying drawing, idiaure 1 rep resents face View of myimprove lumber; Fig. an end view, and Fig. 3 end view when bent into acylindrical fornn,

My improved lumber is prepared by cutting a board of any kind of wood,and of any breadth and thickness, longitudinally, by a gang of cuttersor saws, into a series of even one or two inches internal diameter, thusbeing remarkably adapted for all the uses above mentioned.

Both the outside and the inside lrerfs contribute to the flexibility ofthe wood. The outside kerfs, though very neat and ornamental inthemselves, may be made more so, if desired, by rounding their outercorners, or adding a head to them.

It is evident that more or less flexibility is attained, according tothe depth of the kerfs; also, that one set of herfs may be a littledeeper than the other, and that the distance between the kerfs maybevaried, according to the various requirements of use.

I. claim as my in vention The ornamental and flexible lumber, havingparallel longitudinal lteri's in both sides, nearly through itsthichnesathe kert's of one side being midway between those of the other,substantially as and for the gurpose set forth GEORGE f0. SETOHELL.Witnesses:

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